Achievement LevelsAchievement Levels
Results for the main NAEP assessments are reported using the achievement levels authorized by the NAEP legislation and adopted by the National Assessment Governing Board. The achievement levels are based on collective judgments about what students should know and be able to do relative to the body of content reflected in each subject-area assessment. For each subject area, three levels—Basic, Proficient, and Advanced—are defined for each grade, within scale score cut points.
Achievement-level data can be presented in two ways.
Cumulative: the percentage of students performing at or above each achievement level. This includes students at all higher levels. These categories are percentages of students scoring below Basic, at or above Basic, at or above Proficient, and Advanced.
Discrete: the percentage of students performing within each achievement level, counted separately from the other levels. These categories are the percentages of students scoring below Basic, at Basic, at Proficient, and at Advanced.
In the NAEP Data Explorer, achievement levels may be selected as variables, but then the only statistic available will be percentages. If achievement levels are selected instead as one of your two statistics choices, then you have the choice of one other statistic: Average Scale Scores, Percentages, Percentiles, or Standard Deviations.
When Achievement Levels is selected as a variable, with percentages the only statistic, you will not be able to move Jurisdictions, Years, or Achievement Levels to the Column area of your table. NDE will give you an error message in that case. Read more in the section Achievement Levels as Independent Variables (Technical).
The definition for each achievement level was developed by a broadly representative panel of teachers, education specialists, and members of the general public. Subject-and grade-specific detailed definitions are available in each subject section on this site. The policy definitions of the levels are:
Basic—This level denotes partial mastery of prerequisite knowledge and skills that are fundamental for proficient work at each grade.
Proficient—This level represents solid academic performance for each grade assessed. Students reaching this level have demonstrated competency over challenging subject matter, including subject-matter knowledge, application of such knowledge to real-world situations, and analytical skills appropriate to the subject matter.
Advanced—This higher level signifies superior performance.
As provided by law, the Commissioner of Education Statistics has determined that the achievement levels are to be used on a trial basis and should be interpreted and used with caution. However, both the Commissioner and the National Assessment Governing Board believe these performance standards are useful for understanding trends in student achievement.
Note: the NAEP long-term trend assessment does not use achievement levels, but uses a similar metric called Performance Levels.
FAQs
The Envision rating system categorizes project design achievements into various Levels of Achievement: Improved, Enhanced, Superior, Conserving, and Restorative. As the student is tasked with understanding and perhaps applying these concepts, it's important to note that each level has specific evaluation criteria.
What are achievement levels proficiency levels? ›
Achievement levels/Proficiency levels - Descriptions of an individual's competency in a particular area of knowledge or skill, usually defined as ordered categories on a continuum, often labeled from "basic" to "advanced," that constitute broad ranges for classifying performance.
What are the levels of learning achievement? ›
Different levels of achievement are categorized into basic, proficient, and advanced levels [1]. Factors influencing achievement include student-level factors within a three-level hierarchical model, where interactions between variables and achievement are observed [2].
What are the levels of accomplishment? ›
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| 1 | Mental comprehension, seeking for knowledge |
| 2 | Appreciation of higher values |
| 3 | Trying to understand and mentally organize |
| 4 | Leadership in relationships and social life - mastery |
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Proficient typically describes people, and it often is followed by the preposition at. If you are proficient at something, you are very good at it. You are, in fact, so good at doing it that you are unusually efficient when you do it. One can also be proficient in something, such as a language.
What are the 4 types of achievement? ›
Four types of achievement goals are acknowledged: mastery-approach, master-avoidance, performance-approach, and performance-avoidance.
What are the 5 levels of proficiency? ›
The scale ranges from proficiency levels 1-5:
- NA - Not Applicable.
- 1 - Fundamental Awareness (basic knowledge)
- 2 - Novice (limited experience)
- 3 - Intermediate (practical application)
- 4 - Advanced (applied theory)
- 5 - Expert (recognized authority)
A proficiency scale, in simplest terms, represents a progression of learning goals with three levels of difficulty: (1) the target (level 3.0) content; (2) the simpler (level 2.0) content; and (3) the more complex (level 4.0) content.
What is level 4 achievement? ›
7 NSC Levels and Achievement Ratings:
Level 7: 80 – 100% (Outstanding achievement) Level 6: 70 – 79% (Meritorious achievement) Level 5: 60 – 69% (Substantial achievement) Level 4: 50 – 59% (Moderate achievement) Level 3: 40 – 49% (Adequate achievement)
What are achievement categories? ›
Achievement Category refers to the category of certificate or diploma earned by a student. The achievement category is determined by the Credential Type earned by a student.
Basic demonstrates partial mastery of Proficient level knowledge and skills. Both the Basic and Advanced achievement levels reference the Proficient level. Basic performance is defined as “partial mastery”—below Proficient, and Advanced is defined as superior performance—beyond Proficient.
How many levels of achievement are to be described? ›
For each subject area, three levels—Basic, Proficient, and Advanced—are defined for each grade, within scale score cut points. Achievement-level data can be presented in two ways.
What are the five performance levels? ›
The basic system description uses a five-level rating system: Level 5 – Outstanding, Level 4 – Exceeds Fully Successful, Level 3 – Fully Successful, Level 2 – Minimally Satisfactory and Level 1 – Unsatisfactory.
What are the 4 levels of success? ›
The four levels of success — survival, stability, success, and significance — provide a framework to assess where you are and what steps to take next. This is the most basic level, where the primary focus is on meeting immediate needs.
What are the 5 phases of achievement? ›
5 Stages of Goal Achievement
- Stage 1 – Uninformed optimism. The first stage is uninformed optimism. ...
- Stage 2 – Informed Pessimism. The second stage is called informed pessimism. ...
- Stage 3 – Valley of Despair. ...
- Stage 4 – Informed Optimism. ...
- Stage 5 – Success and Fulfillment. ...
- Tips to Get Through the 5 Stages of Goal Achievement.
These stages are:
- Novice.
- Advanced Beginner.
- Competent.
- Proficient.
- Expert.
The Mastery page displays the mastery scale used as the default for all courses in your account. By default, the account mastery scale includes five levels: Exceeds Mastery, Mastery, Near Mastery, Below Mastery, and No Evidence.
